Raymond "Ray" Patterson (November 23, 1911 – December 30, 2001) was an American animator, producer, and director. Patterson was born in Hollywood, California, and was the brother of animator Don Patterson.
Patternson's earliest works in animation were at Charles B. Mintz, where he started as an inker in 1929. He remained at Mintz for ten years.
In 1940, he moved to Walt Disney Studio, where he provided artwork for Dumbo and Fantasia, as well as s...
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Raymond "Ray" Patterson (November 23, 1911 – December 30, 2001) was an American animator, producer, and director. Patterson was born in Hollywood, California, and was the brother of animator Don Patterson.
Patternson's earliest works in animation were at Charles B. Mintz, where he started as an inker in 1929. He remained at Mintz for ten years.
In 1940, he moved to Walt Disney Studio, where he provided artwork for Dumbo and Fantasia, as well as several Pluto shorts (Bone Trouble and Pluto's Playmate).
Patterson left Disney in 1941 to work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he was assigned to the Hanna-Barbera unit. Patterson worked with this unit for over twenty years, though he occasionally provided animation for Dick Lundy and Tex Avery's unit. He worked on several Academy Award winning animation shorts: Mouse Trouble (1944), Quiet Please! (1945), The Little Orphan (1948), and Johann Mouse (1952).
Patterson left MGM in 1954 to co-found (with former MGM colleague Grant Simmons) Grantray...
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